Hand digit control in children: Age-related changes in hand digit force interactions during maximum flexion and extension force production tasks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 374-386

  Shim, Jae Kun ^a,b   Oliveira, Marcio A ^a   Hsu, Jeffrey ^a   Huang, Junfeng ^a   Park, Jaebum ^a   Clark, Jane E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Development; Enslaving; Finger; MVC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHALANX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33751507662     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0629-x     Document Type: Article

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